The last hand-drawn animated film produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studio, Winnie the Pooh was a fitting tribute to the most loved children tales by thousands. The animation was in the film was fantastic, as were the voice acting and the musical numbers. For a hand-drawn animated feature to come out during a time when CGI animated feature films are striving, it was a very brave move on Disney's part. One of the more notable things about the film however, is the length, the film pushes 70 minutes, and even for a children film, is considered short. Average film lengths are around 90 minutes, and Pixar have been creating 90 minute children's animated films for nearly over 20 years when Winnie the Pooh was released. The film may have been shorter than the average animated feature, however it was a very gentle and pleasant animation to watch. But then why was this the last hand-drawn animated feature to be released by Disney?
Nobody can know for sure, but we can speculate. The film did moderately well in the Box Office, although not the worst a Disney feature film has been, this could arguably be blamed on the fact that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was released on the same weekend as Winnie the Pooh, which earned $483.2 million on the opening weekend, compared to $7,857,076 from Winnie the Pooh. Another thing to take note is quite possibly the overall story-line of the film, it seemed somewhat familiar to other Winnie the Pooh films (Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin) and overall seemed to lack any drama. Just as the film begins to finally open up, it quietly comes to an end and you're left thinking "is this it?". Winnie the Pooh overall earned around $50.1 million, compared to CGI animated features like Rio and Kung Fu Panda 2's $484.6 million and $665.7 million. In this regard, it is understandable why Disney would compare Kung Fu Panda 2, Rio and Winnie the Pooh, thus leaving the animated styles as the big difference.
I don't believe that Disney have stopped producing hand-drawn animation because the medium is bad, it wasn't down to the animation, it was down to the storyline of the film, the length of the film and the fact that it had to compere with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 during it's opening weekend, which set a worldwide opening-weekend record with $483.2 million. Winnie the Pooh had bad luck, bad production and bad writing, resulting in Disney moving towards CGI for the near future.
Nobody can know for sure, but we can speculate. The film did moderately well in the Box Office, although not the worst a Disney feature film has been, this could arguably be blamed on the fact that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was released on the same weekend as Winnie the Pooh, which earned $483.2 million on the opening weekend, compared to $7,857,076 from Winnie the Pooh. Another thing to take note is quite possibly the overall story-line of the film, it seemed somewhat familiar to other Winnie the Pooh films (Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin) and overall seemed to lack any drama. Just as the film begins to finally open up, it quietly comes to an end and you're left thinking "is this it?". Winnie the Pooh overall earned around $50.1 million, compared to CGI animated features like Rio and Kung Fu Panda 2's $484.6 million and $665.7 million. In this regard, it is understandable why Disney would compare Kung Fu Panda 2, Rio and Winnie the Pooh, thus leaving the animated styles as the big difference.
I don't believe that Disney have stopped producing hand-drawn animation because the medium is bad, it wasn't down to the animation, it was down to the storyline of the film, the length of the film and the fact that it had to compere with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 during it's opening weekend, which set a worldwide opening-weekend record with $483.2 million. Winnie the Pooh had bad luck, bad production and bad writing, resulting in Disney moving towards CGI for the near future.
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